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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 7165291" data-attributes="member: 5142">Again, I appreciate what Mearls is intending, but I find his implementation sorely lacking. I believe that there are better, easier solutions available for the same dilemma that he attempts to be addressing. I don't particularly like how Mearls' initiative system essentially turns D&D into American football. Lines are set. Brief burst of action. Lines are reset. Brief burst of action. Repeat until dead. While this may increase some level of tactical play or time-keeping at tables, it also seems to kill immersion or the RP side of things, as the system fosters - in my experience running Mearls's initial proposal for several sessions - a greater move away from player-action-choice to committee-action-choice. Furthermore, I experienced a shift in how my players thought about and approached combat. They began moving away from doing "cool" character things towards doing "expedient" initiative things, which I see as one of the biggest drawbacks of this system. Mearls has voiced his discontent about bonus actions, so perhaps he plays with modified bonus actions at his table, but in a system that uses bonus actions and such, then this initiative system seems awkwardly clunky. In short, this initiative system is not my cup of tea.</blockquote>